Emporia, Kansas

Emporia population, 2020 to 2024

Emporia added 258 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.1%. In the latest year it moved by +171. Among 63 Kansas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 23rd; the median place changed by +0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Kansas has 11,560 people, so Emporia is 2.1 times that size.

Emporia covers 12.45 square miles of land and 0.12 of water, for 1,956 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so Emporia is denser than the typical town.

What county Emporia is in

All of Emporia's residents live in Lyon County, which had 32,520 residents in 2024. Emporia holds 74.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Emporia

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Emporia by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 66801. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Emporia is

The Census internal point of Emporia is at 38.401900, -96.191700. Topeka, the capital, is 52.5 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Topeka, KS (125,467 people), 51.3 miles away.

Daylight in Emporia

At 38.40° N, Emporia gets about 14 h 51 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 29 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 22 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Emporia

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Council Grove, 24.3 miles away, with 2,101 people.